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Airport month · February 2024

John Glenn Columbus International in February 2024

85.8%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,043 domestic departures from John Glenn Columbus International (CMH). 85.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.5% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so CMH departures were 1.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at CMH that month were on time 84.4% of the time (3,045 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 37%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and air carrier 24%.

Every scheduled departure from CMH in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureFeb 2024Year earlierCMH, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time85.8%—79.6%84.0%
Arrived on time85.5%—79.0%83.4%
Cancelled0.5%—2.0%0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)8.5 min—15.0 min11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day101—12317,307
Scheduled departures3,043—44,711519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines91230%86.2%-3.5 min0.1%
YX Republic Airline86328%89.5%-8.0 min1.3%
AA American Airlines2488%83.5%2.2 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air2458%85.7%0.3 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines2067%89.8%-2.7 min0.0%
UA United Airlines2067%76.2%6.2 min0.5%
NK Spirit Airlines1786%68.0%8.5 min1.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines1144%88.6%-6.8 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines311%93.5%-15.7 min0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines251%88.0%-20.5 min4.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines150%86.7%-10.0 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
CMH–LGAColumbus to New York23186.6%-2.7 min2.2%
CMH–ATLColumbus to Atlanta21090.5%-3.2 min0.0%
CMH–ORDColumbus to Chicago20687.9%-2.7 min0.0%
CMH–MCOColumbus to Orlando19281.8%0.8 min0.5%
CMH–DCAColumbus to Washington15188.7%-5.4 min0.0%
CMH–CLTColumbus to Charlotte14379.7%1.7 min0.0%
CMH–JFKColumbus to New York14290.8%-8.6 min1.4%
CMH–EWRColumbus to Newark14092.9%-19.0 min2.9%
CMH–DENColumbus to Denver12982.9%-2.5 min0.8%
CMH–DFWColumbus to Dallas/Fort Worth11585.2%-3.0 min0.0%
CMH–BOSColumbus to Boston10684.9%-1.4 min0.0%
CMH–FLLColumbus to Fort Lauderdale9569.5%10.5 min0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Feb 2024Minutes
Air carrier23.8%35.9%5,978
Late-arriving aircraft30.4%36.9%7,627
National Aviation System37.0%21.7%9,274
Extreme weather8.0%5.3%2,012
Security0.8%0.3%195
25,086 delay minutes on 420 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left CMH on time in February 2024?

85.8% of 3,043 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 2023 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for CMH · methodology · corrections.